Life
is as quick as how seasons change: that’s how I understand it. There will be
bright summer’s rays (happy and joyous moments) and cold frozen winter chills
(rough times and challenges). I realized this when my mother got hospitalized
last month. I thought to myself how fast things change without you even knowing
it. Everything happens real quick that you don’t even have time to think; you
just do what’s needed at the moment. That a single click; things change, people
change and so on… And you’re left to wonder how a moment changes your lifetime
and that you know you won’t live the same way you used to. And guess what. That’s
life. It’s unexpected and you just gotta know how to enjoy whatever is on your
plate. But it will never be easy. Just have faith in you and in God and you'll be fine.
Seasons of Life
-Jong-
The morning light, the sun-
kissed
Dew on the newly opened petals
Of roses and daisies dancing
on spring
Filled with hopes of the
future’s dream
Along with laughter of
innocence
And purity of soul
Makes the young traveler’s
heart
Burst with joy, contentment.
Here comes the warmth of Old
Father’s breath
Forming glitters of sweat
Among the townspeople’s eyes
Asking for cascades of rainy
Afternoons and a handful of
freezing drops
To quench the cracked lips of
strength,
To enliven the drought of
faith
As the traveler walked miles
Away from one place to another
She saw for herself
Little by little, leaves fell
Off the sturdy pack of trees
Once robust and strong
Now left with nothing but
Pieces of yesterday’s youth.
Winds carried their bravery
away
The young traveler,
Felt blue and left
Onwards to a new track
Only to find out the worst
To come:
Cold, dark without a heartbeat
Withered flowers greet with stiff
Broken hearts.
The still trees,
Frozen wind
Sent chills deep within
And slowly crept through
Her bare thin being
Pain possessed her poor spirit
Chains of excruciating torture
Gripped her; unable to move
She watched with blood-stained
breast and
Hand-squeezed brain
The sun shines across the
Meadow.
One more time.
